On 1/2/17 7:24 AM, Gregory Pittman wrote: > On 01/02/2017 08:56 AM, Ken Springer wrote: >> On 1/2/17 1:32 AM, "Christoph Sch?fer" wrote: >>>> Gesendet: Montag, 02. Januar 2017 um 05:19 Uhr >>>> Von: "Ken Springer" <snowshed1 at q.com> >>>> An: scribus at lists.scribus.info >>>> Betreff: [scribus] Text flow around a frame >>>> >>>> Scribus 1.5.1 >>>> >>>> How do you set the distance between the frame and the text? I found the >>>> options to use frame shape, use contour line, etc., but how to set the >>>> distance has eluded me. >>> >>> Hi Ken, >>> >>> Since you've found the "Shape" tab of the Properties Palette, you >>> might want to have a look at the "Edit" button ... >> >> Hi, Christoph, >> >> Once again, thanks for the reply. >> >> And to repeat for those that did not read my other message, because of >> my sig, everyone may have been mislead a bit, thinking I'm using Scribus >> on my Mac. I'm using Scribus in Windows 10. My apologies for any >> misunderstanding. >> >> This time, not working quite so well. LOL >> >> I had indeed checked the "Edit" button based on what I'd read in the >> help file. I had selected "Use Frame Shape". When the Nodes dialogue >> came up, that wasn't what I was expecting. I expected to see a simple >> dialogue saying something to the effect of "I want X amount of space >> between the frame and the text", as word processors I've used do this. >> (FYI, for the frame shape this is much simpler than moving nodes. :-) ) >> My mind connects nodes with adjusting bezier and b-spline curves, not >> the corners of a frame. My conclusion... This can't be right. >> >> I went back and read the Nodes section of the help file, thinking I'd >> missed something. But this time I grabbed the frame corner, and I see >> what the developers are doing/did. But... >> >> My frame has a fill, and the fill adjusts to the node position, rather >> than staying within the dimensions of the original frame. Result... No >> distance between the fill and the text. And, not what I want. :-) >> >> Am I missing something? >> >> I also noticed that when the nodes are moved, and there's an image frame >> next to the frame you are adjusting, the image frame is not >> affected/moved. That, I think, might be a good feature to have. >> >> I was going to rant about modern User Interface programming, but have >> decided not to, other than to say UI programming seems to be regressing >> as time goes on. :-( >> >> > There are two somewhat related things you can do, depending on your needs. > There is text flow around frame, found in the Shape tab, and after > setting this, you might edit the Contour Line of the frame. This will > create a space between the frame and some other text frame behind it.
This works fine unless you have a fill applied to the frame. The fill will expand to the contour line, it's not restrained to the dimensions of the original frame. > If what you want is space between the text and its own frame, then you > want to adjust Text Distances, part of the Text tab in Properties, and > you set the individual distances, Top, Bottom, Left, and Right. This I'm aware of, but doesn't apply in this case, although I do have a setting for Top. > The reason these things are in two different places is that Text > Distances is specific to text frames, whereas Text Flow could apply to > any object. Understood, and makes sense. > Greg > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net > -- Ken Mac OS X 10.11.6 Firefox 49.0.1 Thunderbird 45.3.0 "My brain is like lightning, a quick flash and it's gone!"
